Strategic Purchasing Manager Deputy

**STRATEGIC PURCHASING MANAGER DEPUTY**:
We are now looking for a

**Strategic Purchaser Manager Deputy**

to co-lead our initiatives as senior supply management expert within our team of about ten Strategic Purchasers in charge from different locations of our whole qualified suppliers base used for Special Applications (Military and Nuclear engines spare parts & services).
Ambition plan is to take over from the current S.P. team Manager in anticipation of his coming retirement plan, allowing about 2 years induction & growing role before potentially taking over full managerial unique role.
The position is permanent and the preferred location is in Surgères (France), or Mulhouse (France).

**As Strategic Purchaser Manager Deputy, your daily work will focus on these responsibilities**:

- Lead main roadmap initiatives within balanced role distribution with management in place.
- Participate in defining supply management strategy or business strategy.
- Monitor & develop actions plan for supply management activities performance incl. focus on quality, lead time and comprehensive cost.
- Elaborate KPi and maintain proper follow-up & continuous improvement initiatives incl. leaner workflow potentials, and communicate on results in defined area of responsibility.
- Coach and develop Strategic Purchasers in daily work in reference to agreed main roadmap.
- Secure knowhow and professional competence development within assigned organization.
- Ensure that our suppliers base is well developing in line with our business plan including trends for the overall technical, quality and heavy specific requirements of our nuclear & military business.
- Ensure that the resources, processes, way of working and tools are developed and maintained according to strategies in defined area of responsibility.
- Participate in our procedures, process & instructions handbook enrichment.
- Secure agility of our supply capacity facing as 1st challenge growing demand (level of requirements & volumes).
- Proactively work to enable cross-divisional and cross-organizational cooperation.
- Develop and maintain good stakeholders and supplier relationships.
- Secure optimal suppliers network and/or operations in defined area of responsibility.
- Maintain supply data to relevant systems in defined area of responsibility related to supply matters including also decarbonization contribution.

You will work in close collaboration with related manager & team members & group categories stakeholders.

**To be successful in this role, we expect you to have**:

- Excellent knowledges in sourcing & procurement management including industrial project management techniques.
- Serious engines products technical knowledge and quality standards to understand the challenges and needs of projects.
- Sourcing & regulations risk management global approach & consideration.
- Fluent English & French capacity, and you are advanced in computer software’s with mastery into KPi & ERP tools.
- A real sense of established interpersonal & growing managerial skills.
- A good ability of negotiation & legal techniques.
- An open mind for improvement & collaborative resolution.

In this role, travel capacity is required to meet our suppliers & operations facility centers. Thus, we hope you to be ready to travel approximately 15%, even though most of the meetings at nominal pace are held virtually.

**Why you and us**

We at Wärtsilä believe in empowerment, ownership and taking responsibility of our work. We support each other’s growth and co-creation is the true basis of our innovation. We have courage to see opportunities and take initiative.
We are authentic and honest, and we strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive work community where everyone can be their true self. We don’t always get it right the first time, and if mistakes are made, we make sure to learn and grow from them. We want everyone to voice their opinions freely. That is why we have built an environment that empowers you and everyone around you, and where you can feel safe and cared for. Are you eager to be part of this ambition?

We have an amazing team, and we are excited about our work and the impact it has on building sustainable societies. We are looking to find a colleague with this shared passion for smart technologies and a sustainable future. “The work in our team offers a wide range of interesting projects and we truly have a great team spirit. We hope to find a team member who shares the same passion we have, and we are excited to get our new team member onboard”

**Contact & next steps**

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.